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Most Recently Published Articles (10 Articles)

Advocacy for Protection of Migrant Workers Rights Moves into High Gear
(Task Force Publications)
Tue, Dec 22, 2009

International Migrants Day on December 18th, the Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers and Forum Asia launched an important resource book for the campaign to achieve a comprehensive ASEAN agreement that will protect the human rights of all migrant workers.
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Malaysia: Refusing to resolve migrant woes
(Labour News)
Fri, Dec 18, 2009

The 7-8 December 2009 ACMW Drafting Committee Meeting on a Framework Instrument on the Protection and Promotion of Migrant Workers’ Rights in Kuala Lumpur ended in deadlock. The Malaysian government continues to oppose the stance taken by its three Asean ACMW partners to include provisions to protect the rights of all migrant workers and their families.
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Migrant workers' rights: ASEAN fails to agree
(Labour News)
Thu, Dec 17, 2009

The Malaysian government continues to refuse to allow consideration of either undocumented migrant workers or families of migrant workers in the scope and coverage of the negotiations on the future Instrument on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers. Source: Aliran, 21 December 2009
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Protecting the rights of migrant workers and their families: Malaysia’s obligation
(Labour News)
Sun, Dec 06, 2009

7 and 8 December 2009 , the ACMW Drafting Committee meets in Kuala Lumpur hosted by the Ministry of Human Resources. A significant number of migrant workers in the region are temporary workers, domestic workers, informal sector workers and self-employed workers. It is important to ensure that these categories of workers, who are often overlooked, are included in the coverage of a regional Instrument.
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Indonesian Civil Society recommendations delivered to the ACMW Indonesian Drafting Team reps
(Labour News)
Thu, Dec 03, 2009

3 December 2009 Indonesian Civil Society recommendations delivered to the ACMW Indonesian Drafting Team reps who will attend meetings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (7-8 December 2009) - to draft the ASEAN Framework Instrument on the protection and promotion of the rights of mgirant workers.
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Recommendation to the ACMW meeting in Chaing Rai, Thailand, 28-29 September 2009
(Draft ASEAN Framework)
Mon, Sep 21, 2009

Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers (TF-AMW) make the following recommendations at the 2nd ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (July 30-31), Bangkok, for consideration and further deliberation by the ACMW during the Chiang Rai Meeeting, 29-31 September 2009.
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ASEAN Framework Instrument for migrant workers must be legally binding
(Press Release)
Thu, Aug 06, 2009

The 2nd ASEAN Forum on Migrant labour refered to the TF-AMW civil society’s proposal on the ASEAN Framework Instrument for the protection and promotion of the rights of migrant workers. The Forum held on 30-31 July 2009 by the Thai Ministry of labour and ASEAN Secretariat recommended the inclusion of all migrant workers and their families in the coverage of the ASEAN Framework Instruments being drafted by the ACMW.
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TF AMW Regional Consultation on the civil society ASEAN Framework Instrument on the protection and promotion of the rights of Migrant Workers
(Regional)
Wed, May 20, 2009

TF AMW proposes the ASEAN Civil Society Framework Instrument on the protection and promotion of the rights of Migrant Worker to ASEAN, and calls for full participation and engagement of Trade Unions and NGOs to move forward.
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TF AMW delivers the civil society proposal for the ASEAN Framework Instrument on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers
(Regional)
Tue, May 12, 2009

After two years of intensive consultation, the civil society Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers (TF-AMW) has formally proposed a detailed civil society Framework Instrument for the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers to the Mr. Khamkhane Phinsavanh, Chairman of the ASEAN Senior Labour Officials Meeting (SLOM) at the Lao Plaza Hotel in Vientiane, Lao PDR, on May 12, 2009.
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Singapore: CSO-TU make recommendations on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers
(Press Release)
Wed, Apr 29, 2009

Civil Society Organisations and Trade Unions Join Forces for the first time to Table Recommendations on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers to the Ministry of Manpower
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